Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Grand Memories: Keep Your Stories in the Family - Katherine Tandy Brown

On March of 2016, Katherine Tandy Brown presented Grand Memories: Keep Your Stories in the Family, centered on the importance of collecting the stories of your life in writing to pass along to your children and grandchildren, i.e. creating a true family legacy. 

She spoke about what memoir is and how to write it. Then everyone actually wrote a chunk of memoir using Natalie Goldberg's Writing Practice method.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The Cozy Mystery - Linda Robertson

Linda Robertson presented a paper to the Society entitled The Cozy Mystery. 

In the presentation she defined the cozy mystery genre and gave examples of those authors that write cozies. She gave a detailed description, history and then recommended books for the Society to put on their night stands.